Job update part 2

My quick trip out to DC last week was a fruitful one as I got to go out to dinner with friends the night before and then had a great interview with two managers and the company president. They were really impressed with my experience and a two hour interview ended up running over 30 minutes because we were having such a great time chatting.

Then on Friday, a day after the interview, I received a call that they wanted to offer me the position! I was a little disappointed in the salary as I told them what I currently make so I made them my offer and we talked again on Monday. On Monday HR let me know that they would not be raising the salary so I said that they would have to raise the vacation time and that I would have to think it over.

Then on Tuesday, almost the entire day I was anxious. I had a tremor in my right thumb all day, I wasn't hungry, and my body was tingling. I am FAR from an anxious person so all of these feelings were foreign. No wonder anxious people are so skinny! I ended up buying a can of vodka mule for the train ride home to calm my nerves which weirded CP out a bit. If I did it all the time, I totally get that response as not being a healthy one but this is not a normal feeling for me and I don't drink that often so I'm not worried about it becoming a problem.

The anxious feeling continued into Wednesday although it had subsided a bit. After all of my meetings I called HR and let them know that I would take the job if they increased my vacation time, which they agreed to! 

I start my new job on May 6!!!